Samsung Networks to Enhance Network Services With Move to Equinix Internet Hubs; Leading Korean Network Service Provider to Util
October 11 2005 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the leading provider of
network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today
announced the addition of Samsung Networks, Inc., an information
technology affiliate of the Samsung Group, into Equinix Internet
Business Exchange(TM) (IBX(R)) centers in the New York and Silicon
Valley areas. As a result, Samsung Networks will operate within
reliable, secure and high-performance data centers that offer
immediate access to every major global network, enabling Samsung to
expand and upgrade its network, peer with other networks and offer
its network services to the other companies operating within
Equinix's hubs. Samsung Networks connects more than 70 countries
around the world through a global infrastructure that provides a
comprehensive portfolio of communications services, including
network, telephone, digital multimedia and the company's (R)E-Biz
service. Samsung will use Equinix's network-rich data center
environment to directly connect with the large aggregation of
leading carriers, ISPs and network service providers within the
same physical location. By operating within this Internet
ecosystem, Samsung will have the opportunity to directly link with
these companies, rather than connecting to them in multiple,
disparate locations and over long distances. This direct
connectivity reduces bottlenecks in the path between origin and
destination, providing improved performance levels. To facilitate
interconnection within Equinix's centers, Samsung will utilize
Equinix's leading exchange services, including Equinix Exchange and
Equinix Direct. Equinix Exchange facilitates ISP and content
peering among Equinix customers through a central switching fabric
and has become a strategic element in the increasingly important
peering infrastructure of many ISPs, content companies, and content
distributors. The streamlined connectivity provided by Equinix
Exchange, which will begin offering a 10 Gigabit Ethernet
capability later this year, enhances performance and reliability of
network operations. In Equinix's Silicon Valley IBX center, Samsung
will utilize Equinix Direct, a service that enables buyers and
sellers of Internet network connectivity to easily and cost
effectively establish business relationships with each other. The
service will provide Samsung with a one-stop solution to expand
their network by directly connecting to multiple networks, avoiding
costly and prohibitive usage minimums by bandwidth providers,
lengthy provisioning times, installation of complex router
configurations for each network service provider, and the
administrative challenge of managing multiple invoices from each
network service provider. "Equinix provides an ideal infrastructure
from which we can greatly enhance and expand our network, through
directly interconnecting with an aggregation of strategic networks
under one roof," said Mr. Hong-Kyoon Chun, chief technical officer
of Samsung Networks, Inc. "Equinix is the only place where this
critical mass of networks exists, and Equinix's innovative exchange
services simplify the process for establishing relationships with
our strategic partners and customers operating within their IBX
centers." "As a leading global network service provider with
extensive routes in Korea, Samsung Networks will be a valuable
addition to the lineup of networks currently operating on the
Equinix Exchange platform," said Margie Backaus, chief business
officer for Equinix. "Samsung compliments the extensive lineup of
more than 200 networks currently available at Equinix, including
all of the major global carriers, ISPs and network service
providers." About Equinix Equinix is the leading global provider of
network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services for
enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and network
services providers. Through the company's Internet Business
Exchange(TM) (IBX(R)) centers in 11 markets in the U.S. and Asia,
customers can directly interconnect with every major global network
and ISP for their critical peering, transit and traffic exchange
requirements. These interconnection points facilitate the highest
performance and growth of the Internet by serving as neutral and
open marketplaces for Internet infrastructure services, allowing
customers to expand their businesses while reducing costs. This
press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors
that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to,
the challenges of acquiring and operating IBX centers and
developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; a failure to
receive significant revenue from customers in recently-acquired
data centers; competition from existing and new competitors; the
ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds
to repay outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business
from our key customers and other risks described from time to time
in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which
are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume
any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained
in this press release. Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of
Equinix, Inc. Internet Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix,
Inc.
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